Composite computer apparatus and management method thereof

Abstract

In network setting, when setting inputted from a management terminal is inputted into management agent of a CPU blade, the management agent performs network setting to a device driver of the CPU blade, performs setting of NIC to the device driver of the CPU blade and creates network setting information required for a port of an Ethernet switch module unit connected to the NIC to notify the same to a management module unit. The management module unit recognizes a port of Ethernet switch module units which corresponds to the NIC and performs network setting to the port of the Ethernet switch module based on the acquired network configuration information. Accordingly, a technology capable of easily performing the setting of network in a composite computer apparatus in a short time is provided.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] The present application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2004-263164 filed on Sep. 10, 2004, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a technology for managing a computer system. More particularly, it relates to a technology effectively applied to the network setting in a composite computer apparatus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] As a main server for a main enterprise system or the like, a composite computer system, a so-called blade server has been known. The blade server is a high density server in which a plurality of CPU blades each having functions such as a CPU, a memory, a hard disk, and the like provided on one circuit board are mounted according to need in a casing called “enclosure”. [0004] In some blade servers, a Tag-VLAN (Virtual Local Area network) function which sets a NIC (Network In...

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Benefits of technology

[0012] An object of the present invention is to provide a technology which can perform the setting of a network in a composite computer apparatus easily in a short time.

[0039] (1) Since the network setting to the CPU module unit and the Ethernet switch module unit can be performed by only one setting operation, the occurrence of the setting error can be considerably reduced.

[0040] (2) According to the above (1), management cost for the composite computer apparatus and the number of management steps can be remarkably reduced and the reliability can be improved.

Problems solved by technology

However, the inventor has found that there is the following problem in the technology for setting a network in such a composite computer system.

As a result, problems of not only the increase of the number of steps for setting and a cost thereof but also setting errors may occur.

For example, in the setting performed via the Ethernet switch, if an error occurs in a setting procedure, mismatching occurs between the driver setting in the CPU blade and the setting of the Ethernet switch.

As a result, it becomes impossible to access the CPU blade from the management terminal.

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